Local Police
Around fifty cars have been marked with what seems to be blood from a person in the Germany's city of Hanau near Frankfurt, as reported by police.
Cars, exterior walls and mailboxes were vandalized, occasionally with prohibited symbols, they reported in a statement.
Officers report they were notified late on Wednesday night, when a man discovered that a automobile in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been marked with a reddish-hued substance.
The substance had been applied in the form of a swastika, they reported.
Law enforcement then found multiple other vandalized automobiles and house walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
These symbols are illegal in Germany under legislation banning the visible presentation of symbols from the Nazi era.
Police say preliminary tests suggest the substance was likely human blood.
"At present there remains no clue as to its source; authorities are currently not informed of any harm in relation with the occurrence," they stated.
City officials stated they were attempting "to resolve the case" and have appealed to the public for tips.
A high-ranking representative said the attack rendered him speechless and needed to be resolved quickly.
"This event strikes at the center of Hanau and reawakens the pain of the far-right attack in 2020," he posted on a platform, recalling the murder of nine people by a gunman aiming at people of immigrant origin in February 2020.
